- Using layers in your panel saves…you time and makes Animatics possible.…Even when you create a set of default layers,…you'll often need to add, copy, remove layers as you work,…and luckily it's as easy as a click of a button.…There are three ways to add a new layer.…So, let's start with selecting the current layer…right below where you want to add a new layer.…Let's say we want to add a layer…right above our background scenery.…Well, the easiest way is right underneath our layers menu.…You'll see two options with a big plus on them.…

The first one is Vector, which you can see matches the…icon on the top right-hand corner of each individual layer.…Or, the second one is bitmap.…Let's add a bitmap layer, just by single clicking on that,…and it adds what it names A, right above our background.…Second way we can do it is by right clicking.…Let's right click on the A layer.…I have options here of new vector layer or new bitmap layer.…Select new bitmap layer and it…pops up a new layer right above it.…The third way, is we'll go to our layer drop-down,…

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5/29/2018

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12/4/2014

Storyboard Pro is the leading industry software for storyboard artists like Mark Simon. In this course, he shares the secrets to getting the most from the software, and tricks to make your storyboarding more efficient. Learn how to set up files, make notes and track changes, and share your boards with production, and get time-saving shortcuts along the way. Plus, discover how to use audio, moving cameras, and real-time animatics to make your story ideas stand out even more.

Topics include:

Why storyboard digitally?

Setting up a new Storyboard Pro file

Zooming, rotating, and moving around the workspace

Editing in the timeline

Using layers to speed up your work

Creating, editing, and deleting custom brushes

Using the shape tools

Adding text and captions

Saving images and audio to the library for reuse

Working with cameras

Creating animatics

Editing audio

Exporting your storyboards

Skill Level Beginner

6h 8m

Duration

167,765

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Q: This course was updated on 10/12/2016. What changed?

A: We added and updated over a dozen tutorials, to bring the training up to date with the latest version of Storyboard Pro (v5.0).

Q: This course was updated on 08/02/2017. What changed?

A: New videos were added that cover timeline markers, radial and directional blurs, using the drawing tools, and flipping scenes.

Q: This course was updated on 05/29/2018. What changed?

A: New videos were added that cover reviewing the timeline, including a video that explains how to edit the background layer in an entire shot or scene. In addition, new videos were added that cover importing and animatics.